clearing up some confusion...

I have had several people send me the wrong part of the postcard in return. I guess my instructions were not very clear :( and I am beginning to worry. If you haven't sent yours and you are not sure which part to send back...I want the big part back...the actual postcard. You can throw away the directions.

Thank you, thank you

So I received quite a few replies to my postcards today. It made my stressful day so much better! Thanks to those of you who have already replied and I look forward to seeing many more. I will post the replies on my project blog tomorrow.

Hookem' Horns

Yesterday was the was the Texas vs. Oklahoma game. It is a game I look forward to watching every year and I was so excited for it all week- I even bought stuff to make queso. James and I both had to work during the game so we recorded it to watch later. However, we decided to watch the BYU game first (which was on live). James' Dad was in town so his family came over to watch it and as soon as they walked in the door I instructed them to say nothing about the results of the Texas game. I was hoping since the BYU game was on the Mountain there would be no mention of the Texas game and there wasn't...except for the little thing that scrolls along the bottom and tells results of all the games. I avoided looking at it the whole game until the 4th quarter. I just happened to look at it at the wrong moment and saw the score...grrr. We watched the game anyways and it was an EXCELLENT game but I was so sad I knew the outcome because the excitement was totally gone. Oh well.

In response to i/you/and/me

My friend Ayumi asked me what my project was about and I have posted a response here: correspondenceproject.blogspot.com
It is kind of a long response so I figured I'd post it on my project blog. Anyways, I do have to say that Ayumi's parents told my family once about how before they were married they wrote love letters to each other on the same stationary(by complete chance) and when they sent them they crossed in the mail. It is one of my favorite stories about letters and I have thought of it often while working on this project. If I am not remembering correctly Ayumi can set the record straight but I will keep pretending that that's how the story goes.

Check your mail

I have mailed out all of my postcards. I might have to do a few more as some people have asked me for them...I need a few days away from the collaging though so I'll be sending them later. You can check out all the postcards I made at http://correspondenceproject.blogspot.com/. I will be using the correspondence blog to document my project. I will try to post the replies - at least the exciting ones! Anyways check it out and if you are expecting a postcard and haven't received it yet (probably most of you) maybe you can go on and guess which one you'll be getting...good luck.

A couple of things

A couple things that have been on my mind...

1. James is a nice guy. He has been very patient with my grumpy stressed out self the past couple of weeks and my moral support as I began to think if I had to collage one more postcard I might die.

2. I am glad I am where I am (I know that's a lot of I ams there). On Monday I observed something pretty insignificant but it made me grateful to be doing what I am doing. I know school has taken me longer than it should but I don't feel bad about it. I am happy to be graduating in printmaking but I am happy that I started out doing something else. My education has been just right for me although at times I wanted it to be something different. As my dad likes to remind me:

“Things will work out. Keep trying. Be believing. Be happy. Don’t get discouraged. Things will work out.” - President Gordon B. Hinckley

I think things have worked out wonderfully well for James and I so far. I am grateful he is doing something that he loves and that I don't have to be the only slow one to finish school. And even though I have no idea what I'll be doing in 3 months from now I do know things will work out.

shout out

Icy hot keeps me sane. It is the only useful thing a health center doctor has told me to try. James was an unbeliever at first but I made him try it once when his back hurt and now he's loves it too...just don't get it in your eye.